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If you follow along with the Youversion bible reading program, you read (or will read) Hebrews 11 today. Reading this leads me to pose this question: Are you prepared for God’s vision that He gave you to not be fully realized in your lifetime? This chapter addresses precisely that.

God promised Abraham that he would be given a land to build his nation, yet that did not happen in Abraham’s lifetime. Joseph knew that the Isrealites would be freed from the nation of Egypt, yet that did not happen in Joseph’s lifetime. Moses knew that God had promised the Isrealites a promise land, but that did not happen in Moses’ lifetime.

Has God given you a vision or a promise? What would you do if you knew that it wouldn’t be fully realized in your lifetime? If you have an issue with that, perhaps your God is too small.

I know that God’s plan is not dependent on me. I also know that God’s plan is much, much bigger than I am. Perhaps God has given me one small piece of a much larger vision to fulfill. God gave Abraham the promise of a land for his own nations, but his descendants saw that promise fulfilled. God gave Moses the task of leading His people out of Egypt, but Joshua ultimately led them to the promise land.

Perhaps God will give (or has given) you a vision or promise that ultimately someone else will see fulfilled. Perhaps you are carrying on a vision that God first gave someone else.

God is not limited by the confines of your short time here on earth. Think about it.

I was reading some in the book of Jonah tonight, and something stuck out at me that I’ve never really noticed before.

Jonah 1:16 (NLT)

The sailors were awestruck by the Lord ’s great power, and they offered him a sacrifice and vowed to serve him.

I’m sure most of you (all two of you that read this) are familiar with the story of Jonah. God told Jonah to go to Ninevah, Jonah decides the weather was nicer in Tarshish, God brings a heck of a storm over Jonah’s boat, then Jonah tells his fellow sailors to throw him overboard to calm the raging storm. The sailors oblige and toss Jonah overboard, and the storm immediately stopped.

That’s where Jonah 1:16 comes in:

Jonah 1:16 (NLT)

The sailors were awestruck by the Lord ’s great power, and they offered him a sacrifice and vowed to serve him.

Just a simple reminder that God can use our screw-ups to his glory. Jonah went against God’s will by heading to Tarshish instead of Ninevah, but God used Jonah’s detour to show his glory to the sailors on that boat, and the sailors gave their lives to God because of it.